Blue Grass Stockyards (Tuesday) Market Report

Lexington, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, November 28, 2023

1,847 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $207.76/cwt ≈ $1,704/hd at 820 lb · 152 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $218.30/cwt +38.30 vs last sale · ≈ $1,659/hd at 760 lb · 135 head

light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $211.52/cwt ≈ $1,973/hd at 933 lb · 114 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,847	311	1,558
Feeder cattle	1,749	262	1,460
Slaughter cattle	95	49	93
Replacement cattle	3	—	5

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Monday limited comparison due to light receipts ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday last week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423 value added	423	7	257.00	$257.00	$1,087	—
455–492 value added	473	14	242.00–250.00	$242.82	$1,149	—
517–532 value added	521	23	241.00–255.00	$251.27	$1,309	—
517–535	527	11	236.00–240.00	$237.78	$1,253	—
556–583 value added	578	42	235.00–245.00	$239.16	$1,382	—
601–648 value added	624	89	225.50–248.00	$243.55	$1,520	—
615–630	624	13	217.00–223.00	$220.73	$1,377	—
657–684	670	35	220.00–221.00	$220.62	$1,478	-14.38
700	700	2	209.00	$209.00	$1,463	—
700–712 value added	710	42	211.00–227.00	$224.37	$1,593	—
760–765 value added	760	25	212.00–213.25	$213.15	$1,620	—
791	791	29	204.00	$204.00	$1,614	—
807–845	824	13	191.00–208.00	$197.26	$1,625	—
850–851	851	5	200.00–206.00	$201.20	$1,712	—
892 value added	892	17	221.00	$221.00	$1,971	—
927–939	933	114	210.50–212.60	$211.52	$1,973	—
975–999	997	14	192.00–211.00	$209.67	$2,090	—
1020	1020	1	192.50	$192.50	$1,964	—
1050–1092	1090	19	175.00–195.00	$176.01	$1,919	—
1231	1231	5	144.00	$144.00	$1,773	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–482	473	3	211.00–228.00	$222.55	$1,053	—
525	525	3	221.00	$221.00	$1,160	—
570–576	575	5	217.00–225.00	$221.91	$1,276	—
660	660	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,370	+12.50
715–720	718	2	172.50–195.00	$183.71	$1,319	—
835	835	1	163.00	$163.00	$1,361	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	2	205.00	$205.00	$1,322	—
750	750	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,200	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	1	140.00	$140.00	$875	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	201.00	$201.00	$643	—
340 value added	340	2	220.00	$220.00	$748	—
353–390 value added	356	12	217.50–230.00	$228.86	$815	+1.36
375–395	382	3	200.00	$200.00	$764	-5.00
410–440 value added	425	3	210.00–213.00	$211.04	$897	—
430–440	435	5	190.00–209.00	$196.86	$856	—
460–482	475	10	193.00–202.00	$198.89	$945	—
455–495 value added	480	21	210.00–221.00	$218.38	$1,048	—
501–548 value added	522	36	201.00–213.00	$209.67	$1,094	—
501–545	525	19	190.00–200.00	$197.42	$1,036	—
555–575	567	3	192.00–198.00	$194.35	$1,102	—
550–575 fancy	574	91	218.00–234.80	$233.91	$1,343	—
555–592 value added	578	17	200.00–214.00	$208.83	$1,207	—
605–640	613	6	177.50–190.00	$186.03	$1,140	+0.76
612–624 value added	614	101	216.00–221.00	$220.14	$1,352	—
662–695 value added	672	54	201.00–223.00	$211.94	$1,424	—
665–692	685	10	175.00–186.00	$179.96	$1,233	—
695–697	696	8	190.00–191.00	$190.37	$1,325	—
703 value added	703	72	218.10	$218.10	$1,533	—
717	717	17	177.00	$177.00	$1,269	—
760 value added	760	135	218.30	$218.30	$1,659	—
811–819 value added	818	138	203.00–211.60	$210.05	$1,718	—
823–849	843	14	167.00–190.00	$185.19	$1,561	—
862 value added	862	57	205.95	$205.95	$1,775	—
920–936	935	18	140.00–148.50	$148.04	$1,384	—
985	985	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,300	—
1015	1015	1	112.50	$112.50	$1,142	—
1070–1080	1071	7	139.00–140.00	$139.14	$1,490	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	180.00	$180.00	$549	—
370	370	1	183.00	$183.00	$677	—
405–445	426	4	140.00–171.00	$153.44	$654	—
450	450	2	172.00	$172.00	$774	-9.49
570–575	573	2	184.00–185.00	$184.50	$1,057	—
620–645	633	2	156.00–170.00	$163.14	$1,033	-6.86
700–730	708	4	149.00–150.00	$149.26	$1,057	—
770	770	2	153.00	$153.00	$1,178	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	120.00	$120.00	$240	—
550–555	552	3	120.00–140.00	$126.71	$699	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925	925	1	100.00	$100.00	$925	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220	1220	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,671	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–398	379	9	231.00–272.50	$252.57	$957	+7.57
395 value added	395	3	277.50	$277.50	$1,096	—
410–445	426	8	195.00–237.50	$217.29	$926	—
450–453	452	5	170.00–239.00	$224.96	$1,017	+7.46
500–548	540	22	227.50–243.00	$233.67	$1,262	+17.79
572–580	576	7	219.00–233.00	$228.12	$1,314	—
600–630	608	10	174.00–205.00	$195.94	$1,191	+6.97
650–691	678	39	172.50–212.50	$198.29	$1,344	+17.25
700–747	719	9	164.00–193.00	$176.69	$1,270	+7.04
755	755	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,434	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	278	2	180.00–182.50	$181.33	$504	—
370–385	381	4	219.00–232.50	$222.28	$847	—
420–442	432	5	217.50–222.50	$219.48	$948	+29.12
460–497	478	9	217.50–227.50	$221.60	$1,059	+40.60
500–545	527	9	180.00–227.50	$215.28	$1,135	+19.85
585	585	6	211.00	$211.00	$1,234	+25.42
605–645	628	4	150.00–166.00	$160.10	$1,005	+6.56
675	675	3	170.00	$170.00	$1,148	—
735	735	1	142.50	$142.50	$1,047	—
815	815	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,141	+40.00
865	865	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,211	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600–620	610	2	174.00–181.00	$177.44	$1,082	—
745	745	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,229	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	175.00	$175.00	$700	—
525	525	1	160.00	$160.00	$840	—
625	625	1	150.00	$150.00	$938	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1650	1410	75-80%	7	84.00–92.00	$89.12	$1,257	—
1115–1590	1443	75-80%	19	94.00–99.00	$97.02	$1,400	—
1325–1855	1563	75-80%	14	100.00–121.00	$105.59	$1,650	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1385	1204	80-85%	7	83.00–90.00	$87.78	$1,057	—
1155–1375	1249	80-85%	5	94.00–99.00	$97.59	$1,219	—
1295–1650	1461	80-85%	9	101.00–120.00	$108.33	$1,583	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1060	1035	85-90%	2	74.00	$74.00	$766	-23.70
800–1275	1098	85-90%	6	83.00–89.00	$86.08	$945	—
870–1335	1126	85-90%	10	89.00–99.00	$95.11	$1,071	+18.64

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1785	1523	3	105.00–109.00	$107.65	$1,640	-13.72
1165–2135	1643	4	113.00–124.00	$119.00	$1,955	—
1620–1750	1685	2	130.00–140.00	$134.81	$2,272	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1110	1110	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
759	759	46	169.60	$169.60	$1,287	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.